Snake man who mentioned ‘anti-venom’s for p*****s’ updates followers as antidote saves him
A “snake influencer” who bragged “anti-venom is for pussies” has updated fans from his hospital bed after being treated for a viper bite with…anti-venom.
Jeff Leibotwitz vowed to never handle the reptiles again. He even admitted: “I got that b**ch on video,” when in a previous clip he had referred to the deadly beast as “my sweet girl.”
It comes after the influencer was showing off his reptile-handling “skills” to his 15,000 Instagram followers when an inland taipan bit his unprotected hands as he tried to subdue the slitherer.
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He had been telling viewers he would be able to stop it biting him by applying pressure to its body as it twisted and turned – but hours later he was getting emergency treatment – including anti venom.
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In his latest video from his hospital bed, Jeff can be seen with medical tubes and patches attached to his chest after receiving treatment for organ damage.
He says: “No more snakes, no more snakes. Am I still going to freehandle venomous snakes? No. Definitely not. I don’t even wanna be around anything that has ever bitten me ever again. No.
“I don’t need venomous snakes…tell me a story. Show me a picture of your cat.”
Jeff’s collection of reptiles – including rattlers, vipers, cobras, a green mamba, death adder and an inland taipan – were removed from his home in Florence, South Carolina after the incident.
They were destroyed after police officers found what they branded “substandard” living conditions in a house filled with stinking urine, faeces and rotting meat.
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Inland taipans have the most toxic venom of any snake on the planet.
Research on the animal’s venom suggests it is potent enough to kill 100 adult men in a single bite.
Jeff had always dismissed critics who branded him stupid for gambling with his life declaring: “Anti-venom is for pussies.”
But in another video clip from hospital, Jeff said: “After the bite, I went wheezy for a while and I lost my ability to speak well and things were very much not right.”
He describes it being “not like pain, more like the withering away of life.”
He added: “The hospital already had anti-venom en route…someone I think drove from Florida. It’s someone I must meet to thank this person properly. How do you thank someone for your life?”
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